TABLE 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the whole sample.

		Participants n = 387
Age mean (S.D.; range)		45.7 (14.1; 17–80)
Gender n (%) M/F (% M)		189/198 (48.8)
Nationality n (%) Italian/others (% Italian)		292/95 (76.2)
Education n (%)	Primary school	17 (4.3)
	Secondary school	114 (29.4)
	High school	116 (30.0)
	Degree	23 (6.0)
	Missing	117 (30.3)
Diagnosis n (%)	Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders	110 (28)
Bipolar and Related Disorders		134 (35)
Depressive Disorders		93 (24)
Personality Disorders		50 (13)
BPRSa mean (S.D.)		48.2 (10.3)
BPRSd mean (S.D.)		35.2 (7.5)
HoNOS mean (S.D.)		30.4 (6.5)

HoNOS, Health of the Nation Outcome Scales; BPRSa, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale administered at admission; BPRSd, Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale administered at discharge.